Afghan President Hamid Karzai has directly accused Pakistani agents forthe first time of planning the deadly bombing at the Indian embassy inKabul last week.
Mr. Karzai said Monday that the bombing wasamong a series of recent attacks planned by Pakistani intelligence andmilitary agents. The embassy attack killed more than 40 people lastMonday.
Among the other violence he blamed on Pakistan was asuicide bombing that killed 24 people in Uruzgan province Sunday andthe killing of two Afghan women in Gazni province.
Mr. Karzai did not offer any evidence to support his accusations.
PakistaniPrime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has denied Pakistan's involvement inthe embassy bombing. He says his country is not interested indestabilizing Afghanistan.
President Karzai raised alarm inPakistan last month when he threatened to send troops into Pakistan tofight militants there. He said Afghanistan would take action ifIslamabad failed to address cross-border attacks.
Pakistan's newgovernment has tried low-level talks with militant leaders to try toease the violence in its border regions. After Mr. Karzai's threat,Pakistani officials said they also would use military force.